"Ukraine Celebrates the UN International Mother Language Day" Special Event

16 February 2016 01:36

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On the occasion of the International Mother Language Day, the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the UN in cooperation with American Ukrainian organizations is organizing a special event

"Ukraine Celebrates the UN International Mother Language Day"

Monday, February 22, 2016

1:15 to 2:30 PM

Conference Room 2

United Nations Headquarters

Programme

Volodymyr Yelchenko, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN,

Greetings and Opening Remarks

Ihor Dlaboha,

International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges (IAAI) & Vinculum Foundation,

Moderator

Panelists

Yuri Shevchuk, PhD

Department of Slavic Languages, Columbia University

Ukrainian Identity and Language in Ukraine after the EuroMaidan

Sofika Zielyk (Ukrainian) and Marina Calendar (English)

Dramatic Reading

Ayla Bakkalli

USA Representative of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Persecution of Mother Tongue and the Violation of Cultural Rights in Occupied Crimea

Akhtem Esatov

Crimean Tatar Youth, Brooklyn, NY

Dramatic reading

Olesia Gordynska Ensemble

Musical selections performed by:

Nadia Gordynska, Volodymyr Gordynskyj, Olesia Gordynska, Viktor Pokydiuk, Mykola Gavlishyn

RSVP: [email protected]

Statement by Mr. Volodymyr Yelchenko at the UNSC Open Debate on “The Respect to the Principles and Purposes of the Charter of the United Nations as Key Element for the Maintenance of International Peace and Security”

Joint Statement by Ukraine, Egypt and Spain at the UN Security Council Open Debate on “Post-conflict Peacebuilding: Review of the Peacebuilding Architecture”